Question

Gwyneth views the exceptional ratings of a pair of jeans on an online shopping website and decides to purchase it over the weekend. However, her friend who has a similar pair of jeans complains about the poor quality of the material, which prevents Gwyneth from making the online purchase. According to the biases and heuristics in decision making, it can be concluded that Gwyneth mirrors ________ in this scenario. a. the hemispatial neglect b. hindsight bias c. the base rate neglect d. confirmation bias

Answer 1

C). The base rate neglect.

Step-by-step explanation:

As per the given description, Gwyneth mirrors 'base rate neglect' which is also known as 'base rate fallacy'. This fallacy exemplifies a cognitive error where the original/base rate information is ignored regarded as secondary and diverts the focus towards specific information. Similarly, Gwyneth neglects the original information and focuses on the outstanding ratings of pair of jeans(specific information). Thus, this fallacy could be concluded as the 'base rate neglect' which ignores the statistical information. Therefore, option C is the correct answer.